Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage

The Historic Trust will host “Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Red Cross Building, 605 Barnes St., Vancouver. Presenter Trevor James Bond is the director of the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities and the associate dean for digital initiatives and special collections at the Washington State University Libraries. He is the author of “Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimiipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage,” a finalist for the 2022 Washington State Book Award for non-fiction. He’ll share how the Nez Perce Tribe purchased the largest and oldest collection of Nez Perce material culture—including dresses, shirts and other regalia—from a museum over 2,000 miles away from their homeland.